Comment Doomsday! (Score 1) 439
Dr Strangelove quotes on why I picked the doomsday device:
President Muffley: But this is absolute madness, Ambassador! Why should you *build* such a thing?
Ambassador de Sadesky: There were those of us who fought against it, but in the end we could not keep up with the expense involved in the arms race, the space race, and the peace race. At the same time our people grumbled for more nylons and washing machines. Our doomsday scheme cost us just a small fraction of what we had been spending on defense in a single year. The deciding factor was when we learned that your country was working along similar lines, and we were afraid of a doomsday gap.
President Muffley: This is preposterous! I've never approved of anything like that...
Ambassador de Sadesky: Our source was the New York Times.
Dr. Strangelove: The whole point of a doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, eh?
Ambassador de Sadesky: It was to be announced at the Party Congress on monday... as you know, the Premier loves surprises!
So why are so many /.ers voting for a villainess? Do they not realize that as the owner of a doomsday device, it would be fully within my capacity to demand first dibs on the batch of nubile women who will be set aside to repopulate the earth?
President Muffley: But this is absolute madness, Ambassador! Why should you *build* such a thing?
Ambassador de Sadesky: There were those of us who fought against it, but in the end we could not keep up with the expense involved in the arms race, the space race, and the peace race. At the same time our people grumbled for more nylons and washing machines. Our doomsday scheme cost us just a small fraction of what we had been spending on defense in a single year. The deciding factor was when we learned that your country was working along similar lines, and we were afraid of a doomsday gap.
President Muffley: This is preposterous! I've never approved of anything like that...
Ambassador de Sadesky: Our source was the New York Times.
Dr. Strangelove: The whole point of a doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, eh?
Ambassador de Sadesky: It was to be announced at the Party Congress on monday... as you know, the Premier loves surprises!
So why are so many